Riptides: An ABS Ventures Blog

October 26, 2009

Qualys CEO on SaaS and Cloud Computing

Sanger 70x70Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, recently penned a nice piece on SaaS and cloud computing for IT Advisor, the official journal of the UK’s National Computing Centre. IT Advisor is not widely distributed in the States, so I thought I’d give it a mention here. (more…)

June 20, 2009

Web 3.0, Why VCs Should Care, and What We Will Find There

Sanger 70x70Not long ago, John D. Sutter posted a little piece on CNN’s SciTechBlog entitled “What is Web 3.0, and Should You Care?”  In the post, TechCrunch’s MG Segler is described has holding the view that “Web 3.0 isn’t worth defining yet because the next phase of the Internet won’t come until the economic recession lifts and investors start pushing cash back into tech companies.”

While reporter-bloggers can be excused, or perhaps even complimented, for punting on a question like this, I don’t believe that active VCs are afforded the same luxury. (more…)

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